#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

ifstream fin("lgput.in");
ofstream fout("lgput.out");

int main()
{
    const int mod=1999999973;
    long long n, p;
    int res=1;
    fin>>n>>p;
    while (p>0){
        if(p%2==1){
            res=(res*n)%mod;
        }
        n=(n*n)%mod;
        p/=2;
    }
    fout<<res;

    return 0;
}